
Photo: Diario de Madrid / CC BY 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Adelardo Rodríguez is a name that makes any football-history nerd like me sit up straight. Born in Badajoz in 1939, a 171cm midfield craftsman who also dabbled in futsal, he belongs to the generation that quietly built the foundations of the modern game. What I respect in players of his era is the loyalty, the sense of being woven into a single club and city over a long career. The glamour of today's football rests on the labour of artisans like him. I find myself replaying his playing days in my imagination, a reminder that legends are written long before highlight reels existed.
Overview
Adelardo Rodríguez Sánchez, usually referred to simply as Adelardo (born 26 September 1939, in Badajoz), is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Adelardo Rodríguez
- Name (Japanese)
- アデラルド・ロドリゲス
- Reading
- あでらるど・ろどりげす
- Born
- September 26, 1939 (age 86)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Rabbit
- Origin
- Badajoz, Province of Badajoz, Spain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 171 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / futsal player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Futsal player — see all → · More people from Spain →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.